The Republic of South Africa, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and The Environment (DFFE) has issued its “Draft Policy Position on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Elephant, Lion, Leopard and Rhinoceros” – Government Gazette, No. 49322, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE), dated 19 September 2023. There are many contradictions between …
Trophy Hunting: An Unnecessary Evil
The “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” heads for Committee Stage in the United Kingdom House of Lords on 12 September 2023. In response to tabled amendments to the Bill, the Humane Society International (HSI) UK has prepared a formal briefing – “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill – HL Bill 119, Briefing …
UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
The “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” is due for Report Stage/3rd Reading on Friday 17 March 2023. [Update] The bill passed the Report Stage on the 17 March 2023 and will now proceed from the Commons to the next stages in the House of Lords. “Ban on imports of animal hunting …
2022 Review
United Kingdom Hunting Trophy Imports On the 25 November 2022, the first reading of Henry Smith MP’s “Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill” took place in the United Kingdom House of Commons – the bill passed unopposed to the next Committee Stage due 25 January 2023. The bill has the potential to …
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill – United Kingdom
The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, sponsored by Henry Smith MP [draft bill published 23 November 2022] was read in the United Kingdom House of Commons on 25 November 2022 [Parliament Live TV achieve (10:49 onwards) link and/or the transcript]. [Update] The bill passed Committee stage 25 January 2023, the Report Stage/3rd …
Consultation on Conservation and Sustainable Use – South Africa
Banner Image: Courtesy of Michelle Riley HSUS The Minster (Barbara Creecy), the Republic of South Africa, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) has released, for public consultation, a Draft White Paper on Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biodiversity: Government Notice 2252 of 2022 “South Africa’s Biodiversity 2022: …
Joint NGO Position on Trophy Hunting
Joint NGO Position on Trophy Hunting, Organised by Pro Wildlife, July 2022
Cecil – 7 Year Anniversary
Banner image courtesy of “Trophy Hunting & Britain: A Case for a Ban,” June 2022 Below, is the full testimony (pages 133 – 137) of an anonymous source, a former member of the Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) team that radio-collared and studied Cecil prior to him being killed. …
Value of trophy hunting to conservation massively overstated: report
Banner image: Leopard taxidermy at the annual Safari Club International Convention in 2020. (Photo: HSUS) Article by Don Pinnock originally in the Daily Maverick, 22 March 2022 A myth-busting exercise on hunting questions the claim that bagging wildlife trophies is sustainable. When you strip trophy hunting to its essentials, it’s about …
UK Ivory Act – Enactment due 6 June 2022
“Dealing in items containing ivory or made of ivory,” Gov.UK, 16 March 2022 “From 6 June [2022], you will not be able to deal in items containing or made of elephant ivory under the Ivory Act 2018 unless they are registered as exempt or certified as exempt. References to ivory …